After over a year of hard work setting up the legal and organisational aspects of the Cooperative, and despite the recent government-inflicted chaos with FiT rates, we are delighted to announce a launch event for our first share offer - the 19th April.

We are launching at 7:30pm, at the start of a Bristol Energy Network event. BEN are an umbrella organisation for all grassroots initiatives broadly engaged in energy and sustainability issues within Bristol.

In this, our first, simple, share offer, we will take 10 kW of solar PV on Hamilton House into community ownership: building our membership, giving a modest return to member-investors, and continuing to provide free sustainable energy to support the range of organisations housed in Hamilton House. We will also explain how we hope to support a diverse range of projects across Bristol in the coming months and years. After refreshments, you are then very welcome to stay for the rest of the BEN event, to hear about progress on the government’s forthcoming Green Deal and what local community energy groups have been doing in your area.

So that's:Launch of Bristol Energy Cooperative Share Offera Bristol Energy Network event- Thursday 19th April 2012- Launch at 7.30pm, followed by Green Deal discussion and updates, all done by 9:30- Hamilton House

Refreshments will be provided To register (so we know how many to cater for) please email: emilia.melville@bristolenergy.coopWe would love to be able to enhance the celebratory mood with cake - please let Emilia know if you are able to contribute some! Please

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More details about the share offer, including our full share offer document, latest business plan and financial projections, will be available soon from our website at www.bristolenergy.coop

We hope to see many of you on the 19th April - get it in your diaries now!